Uniform

The first regiment wore a blue jacket (kurtka) with crimson collar, pointed cuffs and closed lapels. Turnbacks and piping (to the vertical pockets, rear and sleeve seams) were also crimson. The buttons were pewter and there was white lace trim to the lapels (collar and cuffs were usually trimmed). White aiguillettes were worn on the right shoulder and a white epaulette on the left; these positions were reversed upon the adoption of the lance. The lapels were usually folded over towards the aiguillettes when not on parade. Troopers could wear the stable jacket (gilet d'ecurie) on the march, a plain tailless garment of blue with a single row of buttons. Trousers were blue with a crimson double stripe, but were replaced on campaign by buttoned overalls of blue with crimson single stripes. The short boots had brass spurs.

Private, Dutch Lancers - Imperial Guard, 1811

NCOs had silver rank bars, mixed crimson/silver shoulder decoration, officers had silver epaulettes, aiguillettes, lace and buttons. Moreover, officers had a parade dress of a white jacket with crimson facings and crimson trousers (both with a profusion of silver trim). Trumpeters usually wore a sky blue jacket and overalls with crimson facings. In full-dress the jacket was white (faced crimson) and the trousers were crimson (with white triple stripes). Epaulettes, aiguillettes and any lace trim for both uniforms were mixed crimson/silver.

The second regiment wore the same jacket in scarlet with blue facings. Buttons were brass, the epaulette and aiguillettes were yellow, the former with a blue crescent. There was no lace trim to the facings. Full-dress trousers were scarlet with blue stripes; the buttoned overalls were generally blue with a scarlet stripe. Their sky blue stable jacket was double-breasted and had a scarlet collar. NCOs had gold rank bars; officer's distinctions were gold. Trumpeters usually wore a sky blue jacket faced scarlet with the blue overalls but their full-dress uniform was the same as that of the Polish Lancers, with scarlet replacing crimson, gold instead of silver.

Trooper, German Light Horse, 1808-1809

The short-lived third regiment wore the same uniform as the first regiment with yellow replacing white. Trumpeters wore crimson jackets with white facings and trim.

Headdress

All regiments wore the distinctive lancer cap (czapka) with square top and fluted sides. The bottom half was made of black leather. The top was covered in crimson cloth for the 1st Regt, scarlet for the 2nd, and white for the 3rd. Piping, the central lace band and the cords were white, yellow, and crimson respectively. Whilst the peak binding and chin-chains were of button colour, all regiments had the same large plate. This consisted of a brass crowned 'N' on a silver ground, surrounded by a brass 'sunburst'. The Poles had a white cross on the cockade. Plumes were white (3rd Regt crimson).

Trumpeters, for the 1st and 2nd regiments, wore white caps with piping and cords of crimson (1st) or mixed scarlet/gold (2nd), plumes were crimson or scarlet with a white tip.

Equipment

This was of the same pattern for all regiments, with two white belts (silver for officers of the 1st). One supported the pouch, with brass crowned eagle on the flap, and the other was around the waist. The brass buckle also bearing a crowned eagle.

1er Regt lance and sabre, officer's shabraque, and Czapka.

Initially, sabres (with white knots), pistols and carbines were carried, but lances were introduced in December 1809. In April 1813, the lance was withdrawn from the second rank. Lance permons were crimson over white (1st) or white over scarlet. Brass trumpets with cords of aiguillette colour. Capes were off-white with crimson or scarlet collars.

All regiments had a blue shabraque with pointed rear corners. Lace trim was crimson piped white for the Ist, yellow for the 2nd (silver with crimson outer piping, and gold for officers of the respective units). The rear corners bore a crowned eagle in white or yellow, and the 1st Regt had a crowned 'N' in the front corners. The cylindrical valise was blue or scarlet trimmed white or yellow.

Imperial Guard Cavalry

Grenadiers a Cheval
Chasseurs a Cheval
Mamelukes
Gendarmes d'Elite
Dragons de l'Imperatrice
Gendarmes d'Ordonnance
Chevau-Leger Lanciers
Lanciers de Berg and Tartares Lithuaniens
Gardes d'Honneur
Eclaireurs